{"id":8,"date":"2026-09-08T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/margodesantis-com\/2026\/09\/08\/end-of-summer-home-checklist-tasks-to-do-before-fall\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:00:00","slug":"end-of-summer-home-checklist-tasks-to-do-before-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/08\/end-of-summer-home-checklist-tasks-to-do-before-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"End-of-summer home checklist: tasks to do before fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who&#039;s called Westchester County home for more than 25 years, I know how important it is to get your house ready as the seasons shift. Before fall arrives, I always recommend a few key tasks: pest-proofing your home, booking that HVAC maintenance, cleaning out decks and gutters, sealing up any drafts, winterizing outdoor faucets, deep-cleaning your spaces, and giving your lawn a boost with aeration and fertilizer. Taking these steps now helps protect your investment and keeps your home comfortable year-round\u2014something I\u2019ve seen make a real difference for folks in our community.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/money-management\/home-services\/fall-home-maintenance-checklist\/91443074007\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who&#039;s called Westchester County home for more than 25 years, I know how important it is to get your house ready as the seasons shift. Before fall arrives, I always recommend a few key tasks: pest-proofing your home, booking that HVAC maintenance, cleaning out decks and gutters, sealing up any drafts, winterizing outdoor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margodesantis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}